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The Epic of Gilgamish

by: Anonymous; R. Campbell Thompson

Topics: Literature, Folklore, Myths, Mythology, Sumerian, Gilgamesh, Legends, Gods, Goddesses, Mesopotamia, Mesopotamian, Near East, Middle East, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Epics, Literature, Wisdom Literature, Flood Story, Ararat, Noah, Immortality, Plants
Collection: robert-bedrosian-library; patron-library-collection
Item Size: 90.4M

The Epic of Gilgamish, translated by R. Campbell Thompson (London, 1928), in 59 bookmarked and searchable pdf pages, a literal translation made from cuneiform tablets in the British Museum. Wikipedia has a main entry (Gilgamesh) and a group of additional entries about this ancient collection of related Sumerian poems. Attached to the document is a multilingual HTML version of N. K. Sandars' prose translation. Book digitized by Google and compiled by Robert Bedrosian. Internet Archive has a selection of works about Mesopotamia, and a fuller list here.